Wehrmacht

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The Wehrmacht was Nazi Germany’s unified armed forces during World War II, encompassing the army, navy, and air force and serving as the primary instrument of German military aggression in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
unified armed forces
capitalOfCountryServed Berlin
conflict Battle of Berlin
Battle of France
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Poland
Italian campaign
surface form: Italian Campaign

North African campaign
surface form: North African Campaign

Operation Barbarossa
World War II
cooperatedWith Einsatzgruppen
Gestapo
SS
country Germany
Nazi Germany
disbandedBy Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Allied Control Council
dissolved 1945
doctrine Blitzkrieg campaigns
surface form: Blitzkrieg
endTime 1945
equipment Junkers Ju 87
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Panzer tanks
U-boats
followedBy Bundeswehr
hasPart Heer
Wehrmacht self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kriegsmarine

Luftwaffe
ideology German militarism
Nazism
legalBasis Nazi rearmament laws
location Berlin
notableCommander Adolf Hitler
Alfred Jodl
Erich von Manstein
Gerd von Rundstedt
Heinz Guderian
Hermann Göring
Karl Dönitz
Wilhelm Keitel
partOf Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime
precededBy Reichswehr
replaced Reichswehr
responsibleFor crimes against humanity
execution of prisoners of war
massacres of civilians
war crimes
role instrument of German military aggression in Europe
startTime 1935
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
timePeriod World War II
usedLanguage German

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Amber Room lootedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
Friedrich Wiese militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Gerhard von Schwerin associatedWith Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army in World War II
Georg Ratzinger militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Luftwaffe High Command partOf Wehrmacht
Red Army Western Front opponent Wehrmacht
Red Army Kalinin Front opponent Wehrmacht
Red Army Bryansk Front opponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Bryansk Front
German Tenth Army partOf Wehrmacht
Battle of Perekop (1941) opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Advance to the Elbe opponent Wehrmacht
Capture of Cologne opponent Wehrmacht
Capture of Frankfurt opponent Wehrmacht
Soviet Western Front (Red Army formation) opponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Soviet Western Front
Operation Birke militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Capture of Munich opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht units
Battle of El Guettar armedForcesInvolved Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
German 20th Mountain Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Red Army Reserve Front opponent Wehrmacht
Luftflotte 4 partOf Wehrmacht
Panzer I tanks usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Panzer I
VIII. Fliegerkorps allegiance Wehrmacht
Ghost Division usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
Ghost Division partOf Wehrmacht
Operation Achse participant Wehrmacht
3rd Panzer Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Mauser usedBy Wehrmacht
Josef Harpe militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Josef Harpe memberOf Wehrmacht
2nd Panzer Army partOf Wehrmacht